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Shows & fairs, 1951

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Show Entries Close Next Week

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

Entries for the Tumbarumba Show, excepting gymkhana and flower sections, close. next Thursday…

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Local News Jingellic Annual Show

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 8

The Jingellic P.A.H. Society's annual show will be held on Wednesday next, March 7, and entries close ol Saturday…

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Show Entries Close Next Week

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

Entries for the Tumbarumba Show, excepting gymkhana and flower sections, close next Thursday…

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Cycling Carnival Hillston Holds Citizens Cup Against Griffith

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

The Cycle Races on sunday, when Griffith made a strong, but unsuccessful attempt to win the Citizens Challenges Cup from Hillston, provided another…

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Holiday for Second Day of Show

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

By notification in the Government Gazette of January 26, March 14, 1951, has been proclaimed a public holiday…

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Holiday for Second Day . of Show

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

By notification in the Government Gazette of January 26, March 14, 1951, has been proclaimed a public holiday through…

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Attendance at Show Exceeds 2,500 People

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

Although official gate figures for this week’s Gundagai Show are not yet available, it is estimated that…

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Record Crowd at Final Day of Gundagai Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 4

A record crowd of 2500 witnessed entertaining ring events at Gundagai Show yesterday. Paying a tribute to the general quality of the exhibits, die president of Cootamundra Show (Mr. Ralph Ward), who performed the official opening, said that…

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TENNIS—Big Tennis Exhibition Matches Large Crowd Expected At Gundagai Tomorrow Night

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 12

A very big crowd of tennis enthusiasts is expected at the tennis exhibition to be staged on the Gundagai…

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The Pavilion SHOW—Magnificient Exhibits Of Maize And Millet

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

OUTSTANDING exhibits of maize and millet featured the splendid pavilion display at this week’s Gundagai Show. The excellence of these samples of the district wealth brought forth much favourable comment, and a…

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Judge Loud in Praises for Wool Exhibit at Gundagai Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

ONE of the highlights of this week’s Gundagai Show was the display of wool, and the judge, Mr George of Dalgety and Co. Ltd., said that he had judged a better exhibition as that…

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New Pavilion in Use at This Week’s Tumut Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

The Tumut Jubilee Show will be held to-morrow and Saturday, and in use for the first time will be the recently…

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Coursing Big Prize Money for Gundagai Coursing Meeting £100 Programme For Easter Carnival

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 12

The Gundagai United Charities Coursing Club will conduct a monster meeting on Saturday March 24th, when…

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Sheep Exhibits at Gundagai Show Were Outstanding But Few Local Graziers Submitted Entries

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

For quality, the sheep exhibition at the Gundagai Show was far superior to previous years but numerically…

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District Exhibits by Batlow Co-op and Junior Farmers at the Gundagai Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

A feature of the pavilion display at this week’s Gundagai Show was the district exhibit put up by the Batlow…

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Show Dates Albury Retracts

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

The Secretary of the Coolamon Show Society yesterday received a telegram from the Albury Show secretary advising the Albury…

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Local Items Pensioners to Hold Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

Wagga Invalid and Old Age Pensioners' Association will hold a carnival next Wednesday. The carnival will be held over four…

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Tumbarumba Show Society Seeks Freehold

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

Members of the Tumbarumba P. A. and H. Society decided at their last meeting to contact the, trustees of the showground with…

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Albury Solves Show Date Problem

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

ALBURY, Thursday: Albury Show Society to-day finally fixed the dates for its Spring Agricultural Show. It will be held on Thursday, Friday and…

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Adelong District Winning Essay at Adelong Show

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

The following is the winning essay on the Adelong district, written by Miss Irene Harrison, in the competitive school section at the Adelong…

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